justice

justice is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
2. adjective. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
3. adjective. The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
4. adjective. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
5. adjective. A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
6. transitive verb. To administer justice to.
7. noun. judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
8. noun. the quality of being just or fair

   Synonyms: justness

9. noun. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

   Synonyms: doj

10. noun. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

    Synonyms: judge, jurist

Synonyms

justness, doj, judge, jurist

Common word forms

justiced, justicer, justices, justicing, justiceless

Words from these letters

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